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89 -- INDIVIDUALLY FROZEN CUT-UP CHICKEN SOL PY-231 DUE 111599 POC Dennis Pearson, Contracting Officer, 202-720-7693 WEB: click here to download a copy of the current invitation, http://www.ams.usda.gov/poultry/cp/chicken/index.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the, Dennis.Pearson@usda.gov. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to purchase individually frozen cut-up chicken for school lunch and other domestic food nutrition assistance programs. Offers will be invited from the trade for individually frozen, U.S. Grade A, 8-piece, cut-up chicken parts, without necks and giblets. Cut-up chickens must be produced from ready-to-cook broiler/fryer chickens which weigh 2.50 to 3.75 pounds (1.13 to 1.70 kg) without necks and giblets. The commodity must be individually frozen, packaged in a minimum of four plastic-film bags, and packed 40 pounds (18.14 kg) net weight in each fiberboard shipping container, with 1,000 containers per purchase unit totaling 40,000 pounds (18,144 kg). First deliveries will be made January 1 to January 15, 2000. Subsequent invitations will be issued inviting offers due the first and third Monday of each month until all requirements are met. The program announcement, commodity specification, current invitation and food purchase report can be found at ourwebsite listed below. In addition, small businesses (500 employees or less) are encouraged to participate. The Agricultural Marketing Service is actively seeking small businesses to participate in all is purchase programs. Posted 10/28/99 (W-SN396118). (0301)

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